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Hotspots Core (dev)

This directory contains all the development releases of Hotspots Core. The releases in this directory are NOT meant to be installed on production sites! You are not supposed to update an existing stable version of the software with the releases here.

Those releases are only for developers or advanced users that wants to see what is cooking in the kitchen!

Alpha gitf953353

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Monday, 26 September 2016 16:44

streetview requires an API key & we now use the api key provided to authenticate our requests

Alpha gitd3656b3

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Tuesday, 20 September 2016 07:45

Hotspots 5.3.2 - Released 20-September-2016
since joomla 3.6 the way the language filter has changed. Applying the changes to the hotsptos view in backend in order to see all languages
manage hotspots in backend doesn't show all available hotspots

Alpha gitfc0e542

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Friday, 09 September 2016 11:56

editing an unpublished hotspot in the frontend was not showing the custom fields
Markers do not appear after direction search
the latest hotsptos module was not respecting the limit set on sites that use the mysql pdo database driver

Alpha gitce007ec

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Friday, 09 September 2016 11:56

Markers do not appear after direction search
the latest hotsptos module was not respecting the limit set on sites that use the mysql pdo database driver

Alpha git3570f8b

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Friday, 09 September 2016 11:56

manage hotspots in backend doesn't show all available hotspots
editing an unpublished hotspot in the frontend was not showing the custom fields
Markers do not appear after direction search
the latest hotsptos module was not respecting the limit set on sites that use the mysql pdo database driver

Alpha git0c7ac77

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:04

serve streetview imagery over https and not http

Alpha git36806ae

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Saturday, 13 August 2016 09:23

Alpha git9ac548d

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Wednesday, 10 August 2016 10:02

added an option to sort the hotspots by latitude or longitude
added an option to select the categories to display in the filter
make the API field required again as google maps now needs an API key to work

Alpha git4746b4b

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Thursday, 04 August 2016 01:35

the hotspotsanywhere plugins was loading wrong parameters when no itemid was provided
Hotspots 5.3.1 - Released 20-July-2016
compatibility fix for Joomla 3.6 due to this: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/4cf1dbdbcecab85b4331861aaa633d359bca9617

Alpha gite52d3bf

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Wednesday, 01 June 2016 13:42

changed the marker list lenght option from a dropdown to input field. Now you can enter whatever pagination value you want. Don't set a too high value!
the k2 plugin was not setting the correct language
the search plugin now creates a link that respects the category of the hotspot

Alpha git92940fa

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:09

fixed compatibility with Jomsocial 4.2
adding Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * to the json response. This way the browser can load the hotspots on subdomains (CORS)

Alpha git60381a4

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:09

the k2 plugin was not setting the correct language
the search plugin now creates a link that respects the category of the hotspot
fixed compatibility with Jomsocial 4.2
adding Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * to the json response. This way the browser can load the hotspots on subdomains (CORS)

Alpha git4a9b3ce

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:09

adding Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * to the json response. This way the browser can load the hotspots on subdomains (CORS)

Alpha git22a0ef0

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:09

the search plugin now creates a link that respects the category of the hotspot
fixed compatibility with Jomsocial 4.2
adding Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * to the json response. This way the browser can load the hotspots on subdomains (CORS)

Alpha git58c6797

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Wednesday, 04 May 2016 14:10

in single view on mobile one was not able to use the search directions feature
Hotspots 5.3.0 - Released 05-April-2016
on Joomla 3.5 the recaptcha on the submission form was not working
hotspots - matukio plugin is not compatible with Matukio 6

Alpha git41a5279

Maturity: Alpha
Released on: Wednesday, 30 March 2016 18:33

fixed layout bug in the integration with k2 2.7.0
on some installations the tile request was causing a 500 error
category title shows as a hotspot name when the query was falling back to a search around the globe
warning in logs parameter 2 to PlgContentHotspotscategory::onContentBeforeSave() expected to be a reference
the hotspots list module was returning 0 results when sorting by title
hotspotsanywhere was not properly replacing |
added PhocaMaps importer
customfield menu was not selected when active
added ability to render customfields defined in the template overrides
added rss_logopath opiton (you can specify your own rss logo image now)
removed duplicate hs-directions-template causing invalid html
when searching for hotspots the category title was shown instead of the hotspot title
now it is possible to change the menu width only with css
the alias field was not auto-populated & the alias database field was not created when we updated from previous version
the sticky option set in the k2 plugin is now respected
Email plugin now only sends a new email when we have a new hotspot, and not when we edit an existing one
respect edit permissions set in the category and not only in the global hotspots config
the settings override can be now used for any hotspot variable
k2 plugin was overriding any customfields set in the related hotspot
due to a missing alias hotspots were not populated from k2, matukio or jomsocial
k2 plugin was not adding a title to the hotspot
when moving around the weather infowindow was added several times on the map making it hard to close it
the hotspots helper was causing an error on php 5.4
category description in the filters was not properly encoded
display the language select field for all users in the frontend (not only for admins as before)
dashboard had wrong links to the published/unpublished hotspots
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Hotspots 5.2.1 - Released 18-December-2015
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update script was not automatically updating the Hotspots config, leading to the Hotspots not loading in frontend
CB plugin was showing undefined for title of the hotspot
wrong redirect when SEF urls are turned off and there is an error in the hotspots submit form
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Hotspots 5.2.0 - Released 17-December-2015
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joomla 3.4.6 bug - when saving a hotspot in frontend without a description one is redirected to the startpage instead of the form
the page was automatically scrolling to hotspots (on long pages this is not desirable)
the tour was not working properly when the menu was starting closed
single view of a hotspot was not responsive
now saving & showing the state in the US interface
removed sensor parameter from the URL as it is no longer required by google maps
the search now looks for hotspots in 50km radius if nothing is found in the current view and then around the globe
added a new user hotspots view that can be used from moderators to edit the hotspots in the frontend
fixed bug with resizing PNG images
added option to add OGP(Open Graph) information without the need to have the share buttons
batch operations in backend (duplicate, move, change access level, change category
the hotspots now have an alias field (will be used for the url)
added an option to save and create new hotspot (without going back to the hotspots view) in the backend
custom fields are now visible on the map view (requires an update to your html overrides json view if you have any)
the submit form could be sent several times when you click the submit button several times
a wrong created_by id was set when editing a hotspot as an administrator in the frontend
show "no hotspots found" in the user hotspots view, when the user doesn't have any hotspots
added edit & delete buttons to a single view of a hotspot (only when the necessary edit/delete rights are set)
added new Plugin events onMultimediaBeforeUpload & onMultimediaAfterUpload
filter by language in the backend
added google recaptcha v2 for the frontend submit form
Make an option to select if you want to show username or name
Auto-set the map language depending on the site language
moderators were not able to delete hotspots in the frontend
update from version 3.x was not deleting all helper files, leading to errors in the dashboard
category title and description can be translated in a different language.
the hotspots anywhere plugin supports providing a menu item id {hotspotsanywhere Itemid} or {hotspotsanywhere lat/lng/zoom | Itemid}
Wrong query in the hotspots mappings
The My Location pin was not translated
aup plugin was installed in the wrong category
the aup plugin was not assigning any points
wrong redirect after deleting a hotspot in the frontend when SEF is on
adding a confirm dialog to the delete own hotspots button in frontend
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Hotspots 5.1.11 - Released 27-August-2015
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the message to the owner of a Hotspot was stripped of spaces
custom marker icon was not shown in single view of a hotspot
the Matukio plugin now ads the publish_down date of the event
some update queries were missing and updating from old version such as 2.0.5 was not possible because of this
.compojoom-bootstrap class was missing from the single hotspot view page
changed the default quality for the generated thumbs. Now they should have smaller size than the original image :)
the custom fields label were not correctly aligned
KML import option now supports unlimited Folder depth for Placemarks
frontend user hotspots now has a filter for search state, list length + an option to delete own hotspots
added an option to map Matukio categories to Hotspot categories
* no language was set in the frontend & because of this the hotspot was not shown on multilingual sites
added a map background option
fixes to the CB plugin
image upload resizing was not working on Chrome browser
the galleria now goes in fullscreen on double click
in single view we set the title of the page to the hotspots title & the site name
fb share now shows the correct title, description & image( if available) and sets lat & lng coordinates
g+ share now shows the correct title, description & image( if available) and sets lat & lng coordinates
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Hotspots 5.1.10 - Released 08-June-2015
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the weather layer was showing up on the map per default, despite being turned off
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Hotspots 5.1.9 - Released 02-June-2015
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Submit map was no longer working on Joomla 2.5 (this is also going to be the last release supporting joomla 2.5)
when the weather layer was enabled the map on the submit page was not working
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Hotspots 5.1.8 - Released 01-June-2015
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^ switching the weather layer to http://openweathermap.org (Google has deprecated it's own weather layer and it will stop working on the 4th of June 2015)
removed the clouds layer (as Google deprecated it and they it will stop working on the 4th of June 2015)
removed the panoramio layer (as Google deprecated it and they it will stop working on the 4th of June 2015)
the jomsocial links profile was no longer generating correct urls to the user's profile
the community - hotspots plugin was no longer working on Jomsocial 4
added recaptcha to the contact author of a Hotspot form
added an option to the k2 plugin to delete an existing hotspot directly from the k2 item
jomsocial features plugin was not working properly with Jomsocial 4.x
added a feature to send a mail to the author of a Hotspot
the hotspots - k2 now supports swtabs
set correct orientation for the generated thumbs
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Hotspots 5.1.7 - Released 27-April-2015
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dashboard was not loading when ccomment 5.3.3 was installed on the site
fixed reordering issue with custom fields
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Hotspots 5.1.6 - Released 23-April-2015
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option to gather anonymous stats about the environment & configuration of the extension
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Hotspots 5.1.5 - Released 13-April-2015
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added JED review request on the dashboard
if we are in category list view look for the presence of the {hotspots} tag only in the introtext field
The create hotspots menu now has a default categories option. You can specify which categories are visible in the frontend with it.
output friendly warning when a hotspot is linked to unexisting matukio entry
sometimes the tabs in teh menu were executing ajax requests due to a jquery ui "feature"
hardcoded 'Select category' in the frontend submit form
Hack around joomla bug: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/6440
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Hotspots 5.1.4 - Released 6-April-2015
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warning when address was missing in single view
center by marker boundaries was not working
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Hotspots 5.1.3 - Released 1-April-2015
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR for people on PHP 5.3 on single view. Users running PHP 5.4 were not affected
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Hotspots 5.1.2 - Released 1-April-2015
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Updating from any version previous to 5.0 would cause a mysql error
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Hotspots 5.1.1 - Released 31-March-2015
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR for people on PHP 5.3. Users running PHP 5.4 were not affected
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Hotspots 5.1.0 - Released 31-March-2015
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multiple images upload
use of gallerio.io to show the images in frontend (with fullscreen support!!!)
new submit hotspot view in frontend
single hotspot view no longer relies on mootools
readmore was shown even though the option in the hotspot was set to no
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Hotspots 5.0.5 - Released 25-February-2015
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load the correct language for facebook recommend plugin
Joomla search plugin was not returning the correct results
jomsocial, matukio & k2 plugins were unable to select a Hotspots category
fixed sobiPRO import
selecting start and end date in the frontend was not visible due to css bug
on Joomla 2.5 one was not able to delete any hotspots in the backend
map on dashboard was not showing the markers
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Hotspots 5.0.4 - Released 30-January-2015
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KML import now import files that don't have a document node
KML import now has a default category option
in some cases the installation was failing on joomla 2.5
uploading a category marker icon was not working
it's now possible to seach for more than one hotspot by id in the backend syntax: id: 28,29 etc
fire onContentChangeState event when a hotspot gets published/unpublished
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Hotspots 5.0.3 - Released 26-January-2015
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category icon selection was not working when JSN power admin was enabled
when category filter was selected KML files were not being loaded due to wrong query
when the content - categories plugin was enabled one was not able to save hotspots, articles, categories or upload media :(
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Hotspots 5.0.2 - Released 22-January-2015
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the publish/unpublish button in the toolbar was not working in hotspots view in backend
editing categories on joomla 2.5 was not possible
on some sites the marker icons were not loading
on joomla 2.5 the content and k2 plugins were crashing the page rendering
possible page crash when using meta description & keywords
the single hotspot selection was showing few notices
locations view was not loading on joomla 2.5
deleting a hotspot in the backend was resulting in a php error after the deletion
kml import was no longer working correctly with the new category manager
wrong link to the categories in the installation quick links.
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Hotspots 5.0.1 - Released 21-January-2015
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Due to a wrong category check users were not able to create new Hotspots in the backend
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Hotspots 5.0.0 - Released 21-January-2015
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when selecting a parent category automatically select all children
The tile cache has been moved to joomla's cache folder
^ Using Joomla's Category Manager. Now supporting subcategories!
marker tiles were not loaded on joomla 2.5
changed the default message that displays when you haven't provided a download id
kml import now also support StyleMaps definitions in the KML file
CB plugin - if the user is blocked, not approved, not confirmed or banned then remove his location from the map
the latest hotspots module has an option to show/hide the author and date
the mail notify plugin was sending the same email X times to each user (where X is the number of moderators (facepalm))
the email notify plugin was sending emails to blocked accounts
reverse geocoding location in the backend was working only for 1 item and for multiple items
imported KML locations were not being shown on the map due to a missing language value
added EasySocial avatar and profiles support
map not working on Ipad in fullscreen mode
added an option to show the coordinates in the PRO version
share map & rss is per default disabled in the core version
when a custom field is not filled out don't show it
kml import on joomla 2.5 was not working properly
added a module class suffix support to the latest hotspots module
javascript error when changing direction's to/from in the hotspots marker
the matukio integration can now also use the locations define in matukio for each event
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Hotspots 4.3.3 - Released 19-December-2014
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submitting a hotspot in the backend was not working under joomla 2.5
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Hotspots 4.3.2 - Released 18-December-2014
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submission form was not working in the frontend
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Hotspots 4.3.1 - Released 15-December-2014
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customfields assigned to specific categories couldn't be loaded in the hotsptos create view
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Hotspots 4.3.0 - Released 15-December-2014
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improved Matukio integration. Now the link to event leads to the new dates view where the user can select a date repeating event
added option to show latitude and longitude in the frontend
removed print map option as it was not working since the 4.0 version. Will introduce it back in 4.5
the content - hotspots plugin now also works in jevents
Address is not displayed correctly
zoom not working in the div at the bottom of the map (when menu is turned off)
removed the loading data indicator near the cursor
added the hotspotsanywhere plugin. It allows you to include the main hotspots view in a module position or in an article
the custom fields code has been abstracted and moved to lib_compojoom (have a look at your configured custom fields, you might need to reapply any category relationships)
custom fields data is now output event for unpublished events
saving a hotspot with wrong data was not outputing any error information
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Hotspots 4.2.4 - Released 24-November-2014
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on some installations the configuration was crashing
when the title was too long and there was an image, the title was slipping to a new row
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Hotspots 4.2.3 - Released 23-November-2014
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on joomla 2.5 the dashboard was crashing on some installations
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Hotspots 4.2.2 - Released 23-November-2014
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K2 plugin was not working with custom zoom level
added option to toggle the states (open, clsoe) of streetview by clicking on the streetview image
added avatar support for CB, Jomsocial, Kunena and K2
added profile support for CB, Jomsocial, Kunena and K2
fontawesome icons for directions search were not loading when emulate bootstrap was on
map width was not correct when menu was set to start closed
the menu arrow was not correct when the menu was set to start closed
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Hotspots 4.2.1 - Released 11-November-2014
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wrong center when we had coordinates in the url
wrong offset leading to inability to load hotspots when a filter is selected
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Hotspots 4.2.0 - Released 10-November-2014
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remove the installer - hotspots plugin from the core version
on some installations the dashboard was crashing
Show correct message when saving a hotspot in the frontend and autopublish is set to off
list length parameter was not taken into account (the menu list had always 20items...)
when tabs title is turned off don't show information how to change the tabs...
added an option to turn off the streetview when a hotspot is selected in the menu list
added a new custom field: url
when users don't have any markers in a category, always use the default map center
wrong tiles generated when no cats filter provided
centering by marker bounds was not working properly
wrong catid was used when there was no k2catid=hotspotcatid mapping in the k2 - hotspots plugin
Map doesn't respect the map type options in backend
the rss feed is now cached in joomla's cache folder and not in hotspots media folder
k2 items were saving the hotspot with wrong coordinates (lat & lng were mixed up)
allow empty in custom fields options was not respected
map in the dashboard was cut off
Hotspots is now fully responsive. Works on small screens(iphone, windows Phone, android)
fixed issues with the tour when tabs are disabled
making the css a little more bulletproof for templates that are not well written
emailing the map was not working when the user was not logged in
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Hotspots 4.1.1 - Released 21-October-2014
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fixed Jomsocial activity plugin was no longer adding activity to jomsocial
fixed warning on filters view
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Hotspots 4.1.0 - Released 20-October-2014
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added option to emulate bootstrap for templates that don't come with support for the framework
enter now triggers the direction search in the hotspots list
added an option to hide the tab title
when no tab is selected for the menu, we now show the information about the hotspot in a div on top of the map
added options to select which tab to show in the menu
the menu closed option was not taken into account
the k2 plugin was not properly centering the marker
the k2 plugin was creating a fatal error
moved all helper files to the frontend /helpers folder
^ Renamed hotspotsHelper to HotspotsHelperSettings - this might break your template overrides, so make sure to update them!
hotspots were not properly loaded on multilingual sites
hotspots_above_filter & hotspots_below_filter module positions allowing you to display additional info to your users when they click on filters
onBeforeBuildQuery & onAfterBuildQuery events for developers who want to manipulate the list of hotspots
$ added missing translations
made the css a little more bulletproof against badly written templates and extensions
^ Switching to the Handlebars.js template framework - you'll need to update your template overrides
added import locations from KML file
page class & page heading options in page display in the menu were not respected
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Hotspots 4.0.6 - Released 10-October-2014
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tooltips on the filters were cut off
reorder the toolbar buttons in category view to follow the joomla standard 3.x behavior
adding fb, twitter & google plus share button on single view of a hotspot
on some installations users were not able to upload KML files
the k2 plugin was missing the javascript file
tour navigation buttons were not translated
directions search from hotspots list was not working
^ changed syntax of underscore js templates - we now use {{ }} instead of - Make sure to update your overrides!
code cleanup
reloading update information was not working on joomla 2.5
kml files were not loaded when no category was selected
^ changed the k2 integration behave. Now the fields support geocoding
category ordering was not respected
start map in fullscreen was not working
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Hotspots 4.0.5 - Released 05-October-2014
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forgotten console.log output
hotspots were not loading because of a missing tooltip library on some joomla installations
added new module positions. Check docs on compojoom.com for more details
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Hotspots 4.0.4 - Released 03-October-2014
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on update the modified_by table field was not created, due to a typo in the mysql file
jquery ui tabs can load content using ajax, which screws hotspots if the url contains a query...
hardcoded language strings
language file cleanup
removed unused code
code cleanup
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Hotspots 4.0.3 - Released 30-September-2014
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when there is no filter set, make sure that we look only for hotspots in published categories
hotspots now respect the address settings
show author and date settings were having no effect
marker count was not taken into account
hardcoded language strings in the map view
truncating the short description was creating issues with html code
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Hotspots 4.0.2 - Released 29-September-2014
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wrong sql syntax in a query on the dashboard
dashboard buttons were missing icons on joomla 2.5
removed option to hide categories on top (as we no longer have the categories on top)
map was not respecting the centering method selected by the user
styled maps was not working on some installations
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Hotspots 4.0.1 - Released 27-September-2014
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old install definitions in the hotspots.xml were preventing it from installing (update was working)
the complete_uninstall option was not respected when uninstalling the component
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Hotspots 4.0.0 - Released 24-September-2014
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Now using joomla's updater for updating core & pro versions
Removing the liveupdate library as we rely on joomla for updates now
Change arrow direction when menu opens
When menu is closed and the user clicks on a hotspot -> open it and center on this hotspot
menu was not closing on IE11
added pagination on top of the list in the menu
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Hotspots 4.0.0 beta1 - Released 27-August-2014
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still using mootools functions on some places
using the new sql installer. Now updates from dev to stable, from stable to dev are no longer an issue. Downgrades as well!!! yahoo!
now using our backend template
removed the old controlcenter and all backend modules
added new dashboard
added map to the k2 item submit view (now user can use a drag and drop marker to specify the location + we have street, city, zip, country) fields
custom fields were crashing, because values were not escaped.
new hotspots view - new directions, hotspots & settings
fixed bug in the SobiPro migrator
added option to add text above and below the map (in the map menu)
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Hotspots 3.6.2 - Released 17-March-2014
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could not create a map menu on Joomla 2.5
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Hotspots 3.6.1 - Released 12-March-2014
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fixed - wrong group for k2 plugin
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Hotspots 3.6.0 - Released 5-March-2014
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fixed - wrong redirect when using SEF and wrong captcha was entered in the form in the frontend
fixed - content plugin was not using the custom image
added an option to override the hotspots settings in the menu
added k2 plugin that would add a pin for a k2 entry. It also displays a map after the k2 entry
added jomsocial plugin to add a pin for the user's address on the map
adding a matukio plugin that can publish the events on the hotspots map
added an option to unpublish the hotspot created through CB, instead of deleting it
the cb plugin was not properly deleting the hotspots mappings
added the compojoom library to the package
added id column to the hotspots view in the backend
TypeError: 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating 'b.getNorthEast')
centering in single view was not working properly in some situations
updated the CB plugin with an option to set the title of the hotspot and to define mappign between hotspots custom fields and cb custom fields
added the option to geocode the address of a CB user and to add his location in a specific category in Hotspots
the map controls were not changeble (no position or style could be set)
powered by cannot be changed from the settings for the core version anymore
added hotspots_search_tab position (in the menu directly after the directions form)
adding the ability to show modules in the menu (hotspots_top_category_ID && hotspots_bottom_category_ID positions, where ID is the ID of the category where modules should be shown)
the copied link was not working on safari browser
auto-resize the infowindow whenever the user changes the map dimentions
added list type for the custom fields
treat the c argument in the url as lat & lng & not as a string for the geocoder
style the userhotspots view on joomla 3.0
adding a no matching result message when there are no hotspots
making the sobiPro improt script compatible with the latest sobiPro version 1.1.5
customfields were not working on j2.5
send map & print map was not working in some situations
removing unused files
the update script wasn't properly updating the custom fields
generating unique file names for images. Otherwise they can end up being overridden by accident
added custom fields support to the hotspots form
added backend config screen for customfields
Selecting single hotspot from the menu was not that easy as it was buggy...
recaptcha was loaded over http connection on https sites
infobubble was loading resources over http:// instead of https://
helper was not defined in the CB plugin
load the correct url for the CB plugin
the google api was not loaded through https in the CB plugin
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Hotspots 3.5.x - Released 7-July-2013
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panoramio user id needs to be stored as a string and not an integer
search now auto zooms out when we have hotspots outside of the current view
prevented scrolling the map, when using scroll in the infowindow in firefox
the hotspots list module had hardcoded language strings in the code
removed the back link in single view - users are supposed to use the browser's back button (that is why we have it!!!)
complete_uninstall was not taken into account
fixed a redirect issue when submitting on the frontend
switch to the curl class for the geolocation feature
sobiPro import can now import more than 1000 locations
the jomsocial plugin was not working properly
on some servers the uploaded images have wrong permissions. Now manually setting them to 0644
on some installation uploading a marker image was causing a fatal error
infoBubble was not opening when in panorama view
fixing a crash with IE8 when the hotspot had an image
quick-search was not working when the menu was hidden
in some situations a fatal error on j3 when creating a category
infobubble problems with IE8
if we use geolocation centering it creates problem for single view of hotspots
language improvements in the menu options (otherwise we had untranslated strings)
the sys. language file was not loading available translations
error in the language file
show all tabs on map was not working propery
in some situations changing categories was not working properly in frontend
welcome message was wrong right after the installation when the configuration was never saved
when importing from sobipro the access field was not properly set
sorting was not working properly in backend marker view
fixing XSS vulnerability in the mail function
insufficient escaping leads to a possible SQL injection 2
insufficient escaping leads to a possible SQL injection
users with editState permissions were not able to change the hotspots published state in the frontend
search was not working when the string we were searching for was containing "id"
when we had a multilingual site the infowindow was making 2 requests to show the data instead of 1
changed link to the JED for the core version
when using the search the menu was always showing up even though the user has closed it
content plugin is now only executed on featured view if we have the code in the introtext
added option for width to the content plugin
added option for zoom to the content plugin
hotspots adding now per default uses the center & zoom set in the global config
RSS was not working on joomla 3 & with php strict mode on
cannot select FAHRENHEIT as temperature unit for the weather layer
added latest hotspots module
Link author to jomsocial, CB etc
KML was not respecting the state of a KML file (published, unpublished)
KMLs now are cleared when we switch between categories
it was not possible to save a sample image for the category
select "show all tabs on map" was refreshing the map instead of showing all the tabs on the map...
added AUP plugin
added option to execute the content plugin in K2
removed the category shadow as the latest google maps API has deprecated it and it is no longer available in the visual refresh
added option to exclude a category from frontend submission
the markers on the custom tiles were not clickable
Infobubble - hiding markers when we use single instance of Infobubble - more info: https://code.google.com/p/google-maps-utility-library-v3/issues/detail?id=264
wrong values for boundary and default centering
added an option to set a custom zoom level when centering using the user's location
added high accuracy option to the user's geolocation (this will use HTML5 geolocation)
added an option to center the map using the user's location (based on IP)
adding a show readmore option for each hotspot in the backend
markers were disappearing on the map when first clicked
the markerImage class deprecated in the last version of google Maps API, so moving to the new icon class
on IE searches that contain UTF8 characters don't return any results
destroying the infobubble from the dom when we close it
turned on autopan for the infobubble
when the menu was hidden we could not resize the map
moved some options to the map tab where they fit better
added configuration option for Pan Control
added configuration option for Zoom Control
added configuration option for Map type Control
added configuration option for Scale Control
added configuration option for Street view Control
added configuration option for Overview map Control
added configuration option for Scrollwheel Control
a notice was display on the form view in frontend when we had a picture
CB plugin was not displaying the infowindows and markers on the map
added an option to hide the menu on the right on start
added an option to hide the quick search form
added an option to hide the directions button for the marker
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Hotspots 3.4.x - Released 6-May-2013
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no spaces when showing the user name
clicking on a marker in the menu was not working on iphone/ipad
added plugin to link to Flexicontent
added plugin to link (read more) hotspots to external sites
added draggable directions option
added an option to provide API key & always using an https url to load the map
added the visualRefresh option
fixed - height of infowindow content was bigger than the height of the container
added an option to hide the zoom button
map in single view was not loading properly when the weather api was on
address was not properly formatted on some places
added panoramio layer support
added bicycling layer support
added transit layer support
added traffic layer support
added weather api support
added clouds layer support
the hotspots order setting was not having any effect
added fullscreen map option
show author option was missing
adding reverse geocoding option in the backend
the color picker for custom tile marker was not working on joomla > 3
added filter="raw" to the styled map textarea
the joomla installer cannot copy empty folders and shows a warning. Adding index.html file to the kml folder because of that
fixed - the content plugin is now only executed when we have the appropriate context. Otherwise we get a high performance penalty
date_format was of wrong type
the geocoder feature in the backend was not working
sending a mail about new hotspots to moderators was not working
added missing GPL licenses to some files
some layout improvements in the backend of joomla 3/3.1
added styled maps feature
fixed PHP strict warning when creating a hotspot
user was not able to edit their hotspots in frontend even if the edit.own permission was set
fixing the CB plugin - should now work on joomla 3
read more link was wrong in search results
updated the ccomment plugin integration to be compatible with ccomment5
a language string was not translated in the javascript
links to k2 were not SEF
deleting tiles was not functioning on joomla 3
added hotspots-fullscreen class to the body when in fullscreen (allows template devs to hide elements)
the countmarkers function was not properly working on joomla3
fixed KML was not working properly on j3
more php strict fixes
language for each hotspot is taken into account when we present it in the frontend
fixing some php strict warnings in the router
frontend marker picture upload setting was not taken into account
the title of the hotspot in single view was not shown
when saving hotspot on microsoft server the publish_down date was incorrectly set to the current date of saving
content - Hotspots plugin is now compatible with joomla 3.0
adding SQL SERVER compatibility
some layout issues with the installer on Joomla 3.0
adding a copy link button
category-shadow is now required in the category settings
adding metadata information on map view
map was not refreshing the locations properly when the search tab was selected
fixed layout issues on joomla 3.0
date was not respecting the format setting on the maps view
fixed a bug with the jomsocial plugin
some hotspots were not shown on the map and in the menu (bug introduced with the new sorting)
the check all button in backend was not functioning properly on j3.0
search by street/country/town was not working - thanks to Grazing Cat .Inc for providing us with a fix
sorting hotspots by name ASC in the menu
single hotspots was not rendered when ccomment was selected in the options, but it was not actually installed on the user's site
sql error when hotspots order is set to created time
the install script not allows the installation only on joomla >= 2.5.6
userhotspots was not working on joomla 3.0
the map was missing from "submit-hotspots" view in the frontend on joomla3
readmore was showing in the menu even though "Marker detailpage" was set to no
making the links to k2 a little better
running the intro text through the code of the SEF plugin
the search - hotspots plugin was not properly working on joomla 2.5 and 3.0
Added support for Joomla 3.0
setting sticky to 0 when importing from sobi - this way one can edit a hotspot without losing the coordinates
fixed - edit button in hotspots view was not working
fixed - infowindow is not centered on the screen when we finish the ajax request
updating the CB plugin and adding it to the main package
sobiPRO import - added support for the GeoMap field
fixed - import from sobiPRO was not working
making the router function a little more clever. We try to match the hotspot category against the start category selected in the menu
fixed - map was not working on IE8
fixed - when editing a hotspot from the frontend the wrong category was selected
publish/unpublish hotspots redirects to the wrong view
zoom not working in single view
don't rely on $ - avoids conflicts with incorrectly included jquery libraries
fixed - readmore in menu firing wrong click event
fixed - search results not showing custom markers
search now has pagination and respects the list lenght limit set in the options
fixed - infoWindow closes when moving around. Now it only closes when one changes the category
fixed - js bug preventing the map in single view to show the location of the hotspot
fixed - wrong redirects when entering a hotspot
fixed - the geolocate button was not click-able in frontend submit form
fixed - js error when loading the map with custom tiles
fixed - wrong markers shown when a tab is closed
fixed - when copying a search link and opening it in another tab the map now loads properly
updating the stats module to show number of tiles + option to delete the tiles
the hotspot name was shown in the div for the marker_address...
removing \t \n \r from the ajax response - should reduce the file size a little
fixed - comma is missing between address and town (infowindow)
fixed -> wrong tiles generated when searching for something
updated the liveupdate library - this fixes a bug with wrong version number displayed (no version number displayed)
moving to downloadid instead of username&password for live update
removed the information view as we use overview module in the dashboard for this
fixed - miltiple KMLs were not shown in the same category
added marker length parameter in the settings - controls how many markers are shown at once on the map
added custom tiles support
fixed - hardcoded language strings "There are X hotspots in your current view"
fixed - unable to save KML files
sticky marker option is saves as param - this way when one edits a hotspot and sticky is set to no - we won't replace address or lat & lng values
search was not properly clearing the results in the menu
description of categories was not visible in fullscreen
continue to look for hotspots when we move around even if the infowindow is open
added - option to hide the categories
fixed - hiding menu hides categories as well
fixed - menu is now showing uploaded image
fixed - menu is now respecting the selected settings for country, author, date, address, user_inferface
fixed - form view was not loading map in IE8
fixed - some files were missing defined('_JEXEC') ...
fixed - changing the hotspots.xml file so that it won't install on joomla 1.5 anymore
fixed - use JString::substr for UTF-8 compatibility when copying images
fixed - KML view was missing title image
fixed - not showing edit form when SEF urls were on
fixed - frontend input hotspots form had invalid html & display issues
fixed - map not loading under IE8
fixed - full screen not working under IE9
an url to the search was not properly executing a search request
user permission problems when editing in frontend fixed
discription not shown in single view
zoom control options were too big when submitting a new hotspot
language strings updated
implemented request: https://compojoom.com/forum/55-wishlist/16432-search-results
improved update from 2.0.5
fixing hotspot submission bugs
added new content plugin that allows you to show a hotspot in an article by using {hotspots hotspot=12} where 12 is the hotspot id
when moving around hotspots are displayed way better!
fixed "close tab" bug
fixed the zoom bug (thanks Nedyalko)
fixed layout issue in category edit screen (thanks for the report to Ed)
improvements on the submit marker js
fix for the sticky marker bug (thanks for the report to Ed)
creating link to a single hotspot had a wrong modal window for selection (thanks for the report to Ed)
Could not delete categories and hotspots in the backend (thanks for the report to Johnny)
fixed a bug in the rss module in the backend
the update db script was not adding index keys for gmlat and gmlng
the package was containing unnecessary images...
adding css for the next and previous buttons
fixed a bug in the "show all tabs" option
layout improvements
clicking on marker in streetview will open the infowindow in the streetview mode
performance improvements to the JS hotspots Module
finding out the category of the article + using ContentHelperRoute to create the link to the hotspots (com_content)
using K2HelperRoute class for K2 links
fixed typo that caused the links to 3rd party components to not be created
fixed bug with tabs in single view
fixed the search... (it seems that it was broken in beta1...)
added support for publish_up and down in frontend
add marker view was not fully translatable
adding back picture upload for markers
custom marker image was not used in frontend
fixed issue with searching and pagination in the backend
some custom marker fields were not loaded
backend hotspots was not loading on some linux servers
updated some languages
added turkish language - thanks for the translation!
added a loader module to show loading progress
added option to start without a category - centered on the directions
added new dashboard in backend
improvement to the frontend
added send mail plugin for hotspot
now it is possible to update from 2.0 to this version
frotnend now respects joomla's ACL for adding hotspots
fixed bug in the RSS feed
further refactored js -it is starting to look really good!!!
added send js module
added print js moduule
fixed date bug on 2.5
unable to open hotspot
saving settings was redirecting to wrong view
refactored javascript (using namespace compojoom.hotspots from now on)
added turkish frontend translation
fixed notices
removed unnecessary queries
removed legacy code
speed improvements category layout
some parts of the interface were nto translated
speed improvements to the Hotspots layout in the backend (large DBs - 100 000+ hotspots)
added basic ACL support in the backend
fixed clicking on KML's title didn't bring the edit screen
fixed wrong links in menu (components dropdown)
added sobiPro import
fixed bug in link_to display in backend
added plugin system enabling us to link to 3rd party components
installer now installs all plugins
corrected some js errors
removed notices
create a link to single hotspots not working
added Italian translation
added ukrainian translation
fixed a problem creating a KML entry in the backend
KML files are now shown on map (make sure that you are not accessing the site through localhost!)
couldn't create hotspots trough the Backend again - due to missing sql fields in the sql file
couldn't create hotspots trough the Backend
we can now choose as many start/default categories as we want
added KML views in the backend
changed backend edit screen
added custom marker image
added server side Boundary method
new javascript engine relying on "modules"
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Note
New feature or addition
^ Major change
Small change
$ Language change
* Security fix
Bug fix
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